Using Visualization to Build Transparency in a Healthcare Blockchain Application

Jesús Peral, Eduardo Gallego, David Gil, Mohan Tanniru and Prashant Khambekar
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Jesús Peral: Department of Software and Computing Systems, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Eduardo Gallego: Department of Software and Computing Systems, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
David Gil: Department of Computer Technology and Computation, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain
Mohan Tanniru: College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA
Prashant Khambekar: Harbinger Systems, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 17, 1-20

Abstract: With patients demanding services to control their own health conditions, hospitals are looking to build agility in delivering care by extending their reach into patient and partner ecosystems and sharing relevant patient data to support care continuity. However, sharing patient data with several external stakeholders outside a hospital network calls for the development of a digital platform that is trusted by both hospitals and stakeholders, given that there is often no single entity supporting such coordination. In this paper, we propose a methodology that uses a blockchain architecture to address the technical challenge of linking disparate systems used by multiple stakeholders and the social challenge of engendering trust by using visualization to bring about transparency in the way in which data are shared. We illustrate this methodology using a pilot implementation. The paper concludes with a discussion and directions for future research and makes some concluding comments.

Keywords: blockchain; IoT; secure transaction; health; file sharing; visualization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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